# 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for seven days from 5 to 12 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament. China won the tournament and Yao Di was selected Most Valuable Player.

## Competition Formula

The competition format saw the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals featured the top two teams from each pool. The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship featured two countries per confederation plus the host Mexico and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case USA.

### Qualified teams

Each Confederation was allowed to enter two teams into the competition. The qualification criteria were left to the discretion of each continental confederation.
| Confederation | Method of Qualification | Vacancies | Qualified |
| | Host | 1 | Mexico |
| CSV | 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| NORCECA | 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup | 2 | Dominican Republic Cuba |
| CEV | FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking | 2 | Italy Turkey |
| AVC | FIVB Senior Ranking | 2 | Japan China |
| CAVB | FIVB Senior Ranking | 1 | Kenya |
| | Best ranked team | 1 | United States |
| | Wild Card | 1 | Germany* |
* Germany was invited as Wild Card after Algeria from the African Confederation withdrew from the competition.

### Pool Composition

First six teams were seeded according to their Senior World Ranking number as of October 2013, the other 6 were seeded by draw.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Mexico | Brazil |
| Japan | United States |
| Italy | China |
| Turkey | Germany |
| Dominican Republic | Kenya |
| Argentina | Cuba |

## Venues

* High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico – Pool A and Final Round
* Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico – Pool B and Final Round

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 421 | 333 | 1.264 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2.143 | 476 | 433 | 1.099 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1.222 | 449 | 425 | 1.056 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1.222 | 443 | 423 | 1.047 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 291 | 366 | 0.795 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 318 | 418 | 0.761 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 2–3 | Turkey | 31–29 | 25–16 | 24–26 | 22–25 | 15–17 | 117–113 | P2P3 |
| 5 Oct | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–14 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–48 | P2P3 |
| 5 Oct | 20:00 | Mexico | 1–3 | Japan | 19–25 | 13–25 | 25–20 | 15–25 | | 72–95 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 15:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Italy | 21–25 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 25–16 | 15–12 | 104–100 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 17:00 | Turkey | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 16–25 | 21–25 | | | 55–75 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Argentina | 24–26 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | | 66–76 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 15:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Turkey | 20–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | | 59–75 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 17:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | 15–25 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 25–17 | 15–9 | 97–98 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Italy | 19–25 | 15–25 | 20–25 | | | 54–75 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 15:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Japan | 19–25 | 16–25 | 19–25 | | | 54–75 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Italy | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–16 | 25–12 | | 98–76 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 19:00 | Mexico | 1–3 | Turkey | 7–25 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | 97–69 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–17 | | | 75–54 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 17:00 | Turkey | 2–3 | Japan | 25–23 | 22–25 | 24–26 | 25–16 | 13–15 | 109–105 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 15–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | | 57–75 | P2P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 436 | 356 | 1.225 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 443 | 376 | 1.178 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 440 | 344 | 1.279 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 370 | 379 | 0.976 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 346 | 391 | 0.885 | |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 186 | 375 | 0.496 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Oct | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Kenya | 25–11 | 25–11 | 25–6 | | | 75–28 | P2P3 |
| 5 Oct | 17:00 | China | 3–1 | Germany | 25–21 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 25–19 | | 93–87 | P2P3 |
| 5 Oct | 19:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Cuba | 28–26 | 25–27 | 25–15 | 25–21 | | 103–89 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 15:00 | Kenya | 0–3 | Germany | 9–25 | 15–25 | 10–25 | | | 34–75 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | P2P3 |
| 6 Oct | 19:00 | Brazil | 1–3 | China | 16–25 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 23–25 | | 86–96 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 15:00 | Kenya | 0–3 | Brazil | 8–25 | 7–25 | 10–25 | | | 25–75 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 17:00 | United States | 3–2 | Germany | 25–15 | 23–25 | 25–27 | 25–12 | 15–11 | 113–90 | P2P3 |
| 7 Oct | 19:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | China | 14–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 58–75 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 15:00 | Kenya | 0–3 | Cuba | 19–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 17:00 | United States | 2–3 | China | 15–25 | 25–18 | 25–14 | 19–25 | 5–15 | 89–97 | P2P3 |
| 8 Oct | 19:00 | Germany | 0–3 | Brazil | 11–25 | 11–25 | 21–25 | | | 43–75 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 15:00 | China | 3–0 | Kenya | 25–16 | 25–6 | 25–14 | | | 75–36 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 17:00 | Germany | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | | 75–64 | P2P3 |
| 9 Oct | 19:00 | United States | 3–2 | Brazil | 25–20 | 16–25 | 10–25 | 25–22 | 15–9 | 91–101 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### 5th to 8th bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| Turkey | 3 |
| Germany | 0 | | |
| Germany | 0 | Turkey | 3 |
| | | Italy | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | Italy | 0 |
| Italy | 3 | | |
| Italy | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | Brazil | 3 |

### Classification 5th and 8th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 11 | 12:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Germany | 25–13 | 25–13 | 25–19 | | | 75–45 | P2P3 |
| Oct 11 | 14:00 | Brazil | 0–3 | Italy | 13–25 | 24–26 | 22–25 | | | 59–76 | P2P3 |

### Classification 7th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 12 | 12:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 17–25 | 25–20 | 15–25 | | 77–95 | P2P3 |

### Classification 5th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 12 | 14:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Italy | 25–17 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | | 59–75 | P2P3 |

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Dominican Republic | 3 |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| | | China | 3 |
| China | 3 | China | 3 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Japan | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 11 | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | United States | 25–21 | 25–21 | 27–25 | | | 77–67 | P2P3 |
| Oct 11 | 19:00 | China | 3–0 | Japan | 27–25 | 26–24 | 25–13 | | | 78–62 | P2P3 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 12 | 17:00 | United States | 1–3 | Japan | 16–25 | 25–20 | 11–25 | 19–25 | | 71–95 | P2P3 |

### Gold medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 12 | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | China | 21–25 | 20–25 | 24–26 | | | 65–76 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Japan |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Brazil |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Cuba |
| 10 | Argentina |
| 11 | Mexico |
| 12 | Kenya |
* 2013 Women's U23 World champions
* China 1st title
* 12–woman Roster
* Zhang Yichan, Yang Jie, Liu Yanhan, Yang Zhou, Zhang Xiaoya, Qiao Ting, Gu Xinwei, Wang Qi, Cheng Long, Yao Di (c), Wang Lin and Shan Danna
* Head coach
* Xu Jiande

## All-star team

* Most valuable player
** Yao Di (CHN)
* Best setter
** Yao Di (CHN)
* Best Outside Hitters
** Brayelin Martinez (DOM)
** Sarina Koga (JPN)
* Best Opposite
** Jeoselyna Rodriguez (DOM)
* Best Middle Blockers
** Yang Zhou (CHN)
** Zhang Xiaoya (CHN)
* Best libero
** Brenda Castillo (DOM)